The last meeting of Commission on Religious Education took place on Friday 20 July in the Jerusalem Chamber, Westminster Abbey. This room was the setting for the meetings of the translators of the King James Version of the Bible, the writing of the Presbyterian Westminster Confession and other significant event in British religious life. The meeting was ably chaired by the Dean of Westminster and ...
Final Residential Meeting of the Commission
The final residential meeting of the Commission on Religious Education took place at the Royal Foundation of St Katharine, Limehouse in the East End of London on Monday 25 and Tuesday 26 June 2018. There was a very good turn out indeed for this event and the debate was stimulating. The National Entitlement, shown in the Interim Report Religious Education for All (September 2017) was examined ...
Commission on RE featured in the TES
It is positive that the work of the Commission on Religious Education has attracted the attention of the TES (“The Battle for the Soul of RE” – 17th March), although sadly the article does not accurately reflect the reality of commissioners’ work. Religious Education is a subject that encompasses a diverse range of disciplinary approaches. In our draft National Entitlement for RE, published last ...
Commission on RE event at the Ismaili Centre
The Commission on Religious Education met on Monday 15 January at the Ismaili Centre in South Kensington. The commissioners considered the responses to the electronic consultation following the publication of its Interim Report in September 2017. They also discussed the meeting at Grey Coat Hospital School in December, where representatives from schools, other members of the profession, religious ...
Report on consultation event at Grey Coat Hospital School
A Commission for Religious Education consultation event took place at state secondary school Grey Coat Hospital school in Westminster on 6th December 2017. Over sixty people attended as part of the consultation process following the publication of the Interim Report Religious Education for All. Four key issues were addressed and the Commissioners listened to the views of participants on how the ...